January 2009
11 posts
And the toaster's been laughing at me...
Apparently the stove in our new apartment hates us. It is leaking gas, so the gas company came by today, shut it down, put a giant red caution-type sticker on it and told us to have the landlord fix it before turning it back on.
So, with a letter and a voicemail in place, it is up to our landlord, who, in fairness, has been quick to fix up the other little things that have come up, to get the...
One thing I miss.
It is nearly 80 degrees here in Houston at the end of January. I just took a 45 minute walk while wearing a t-shirt and shorts. I worked up a decent sweat doing it, too.
So, no, by and large, I don’t miss sub-zero temperatures. One thing I do miss though is the sense of beauty and isolation late at night when it is snowing.
In Aurora and Waukesha, I’d stand out on my balcony after...
So it begins.
Today was the first day of online classes in my teacher certification program.
Like any first day of school, it was more about procedure than content, as the exercises were meant to help introduce people and teach us how to use the software.
I feel good. I’m going to like this. And I’m going to do well at it.
Store Policy.
I needed to buy a new mailbox today, as someone clipped the old one last night.
After buying an incorrectly sized box from Wal-Mart, I carted the husk of a broken box with me to Lowe’s so I could match size directly.
As I carried the shattered remains in with me a saleswoman stopped me and demanded that she put a sticker on the broken box.
I asked her why.
She responded it was to prove...
Things that really hurt when you spill them on...
— Hot squash soup.
The things I do for love.
Today I was down on my hands and knees scrubbing baseboards to make our new apartment look as good as possible for the upcoming move.
I’d never scrubbed baseboards before. I’d never thought to scrub baseboards before. I guess I didn’t realize baseboards got dirty. I may not even have known of the existence of baseboards prior to today.
But, there I was today, on the floor,...